It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produce a calorie of food. From the standpoint of industrial efficiency, it's too bad we can't simply drink the petroleum directly, because there's a lot less energy in a bushel of corn (measured in calories) than there is in the half gallon or so of oil required to produce it. Ecologically this is a fabulously expensive way to produce food.
—from The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, a book by Michael Pollan
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Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
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17934. | jobaer (voidjdd) | 78.77 | 98% | 2025-05-24 |
17935. | clickclack (acreativeuserna... | 78.77 | 97.3% | 2024-01-12 |
17936. | Pavlos (pavlogd) | 78.77 | 96.1% | 2024-02-19 |
17937. | 9thcalzone (10thcalzone) | 78.77 | 97% | 2024-02-16 |
17938. | slotler (slotler) | 78.77 | 95.1% | 2024-11-12 |
17939. | cring (thatguyyoudontknow) | 78.77 | 97% | 2023-03-31 |
17940. | Kyle (nakuz1988) | 78.77 | — | 2010-09-20 |
17941. | Machine (guldan) | 78.77 | 98% | 2018-02-15 |
17942. | alretha (alrethafranklin) | 78.77 | 95% | 2016-03-26 |
17943. | Luciano (ntluciano) | 78.76 | 95.9% | 2025-04-22 |
17944. | Novice (novices) | 78.76 | 98% | 2025-02-15 |
17945. | Lightning (thecarsfan) | 78.76 | 99% | 2024-09-08 |
17946. | Jahvierre (jahvierre1) | 78.76 | 96% | 2024-12-03 |
17947. | Xingjian (simulated_anneal) | 78.76 | 98% | 2020-10-16 |
17948. | Dickson (kldho2) | 78.76 | 99% | 2015-03-17 |
17949. | JongYoon (jongq) | 78.76 | 97% | 2017-09-27 |
17950. | Pavel (ohhokay) | 78.75 | 98.4% | 2023-12-28 |
17951. | Lebron James (lebronraymone... | 78.75 | 97% | 2025-03-13 |
17952. | Sagar (sagar37) | 78.75 | 98% | 2024-05-26 |
17953. | Zhantore (belayed) | 78.75 | 96% | 2024-02-11 |
17954. | Tong (tongvu) | 78.75 | 97% | 2022-06-25 |
17955. | Kevin (kjax) | 78.75 | 95% | 2020-09-18 |
17956. | Rasmus (lewins) | 78.75 | 89% | 2016-02-08 |
17957. | Bunjeyman (benjaminhale) | 78.75 | 95% | 2011-09-07 |
17958. | SlowEnzo (slowtyper1516) | 78.74 | 98% | 2024-08-27 |
17959. | Hemant (hemantbittu) | 78.74 | 98.6% | 2025-04-22 |
17960. | Džiugas (dzhvsh) | 78.74 | 92% | 2012-01-23 |
17961. | Liam (ilickq) | 78.74 | 98% | 2020-09-21 |
17962. | DukeOrso (grim_rimmer) | 78.74 | 96.3% | 2024-06-09 |
17963. | Peter (kinggamergeek) | 78.74 | 98% | 2022-02-16 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
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Default (English) | 101,604 | 78.55 | June 9, 2010 |
Long Texts | 153 | 84.32 | December 30, 2016 |
Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
Smoke Rise Prep | 12 | 71.91 | January 1, 2024 |
##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |